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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #120 on: April 27, 2008, 11:31:42 AM »
And I had COMPLETELY forgotten that Cyndi Lauper had covered - and gone Top 20 with - "What's Going On"!
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #121 on: April 27, 2008, 11:38:57 AM »
Another one I hadn't heard in 20 years: Robbie Nevil's c'est-la-follow-up, "Domino."
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #122 on: April 27, 2008, 11:45:53 AM »
I'd forgotten all about Donna Allen's "Serious."  Very much the Mpls robo-funk sound.

I'd forgotten it too -- when it came on I thought it was Jody Watley's "Looking For a New love" (which we'll hear in the next hour).

As much as I love Ms Lauper, "What's Going On" is one of the more ill-advised covers I can think of, I'm sorry to say. Some icons shouldn't be fucked with.  And the Robbie Nevil... well, there's a reason that one's forgotten. But at least it wasn't "C'est La Vie". ;)
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #123 on: April 27, 2008, 12:06:58 PM »
yay for this bubbling-under "extra": LL&CJ, giving head to my toe. Lisa Lisa, you little toe-sucker!
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #124 on: April 27, 2008, 12:29:23 PM »
"La Isla Bonita", featuring my favorite Madonnadegreen: "Young girls with eyes like potatoes".
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #125 on: April 27, 2008, 12:47:06 PM »
before signing off, I must award Jody Watley the Best. Janet Jackson. Imitation. EVAH!

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #126 on: May 02, 2008, 08:18:21 PM »
This weekend's (May 3-4) "AT40 -The 70's" is from May 4, 1974.  Check out the playlist courtesy of this Michigan station:
www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://images.radcity.net/5874/2625984.pdf

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #127 on: May 02, 2008, 09:48:12 PM »
This weekend's (May 3-4) "AT40 -The 70's" is from May 4, 1974.  Check out the playlist courtesy of this Michigan station:
www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://images.radcity.net/5874/2625984.pdf

OMFG! "My Girl Bill" *and* Albert Hammond's "I'm a Train" in the first segment! Thanks, Wayback, for the weekly heads-up.

But something tells me that station (WHNN -- remember when? how droll) should not be posting the actual show rundown -- on AT40/Premiere Networks stationery! -- on their website. 
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #128 on: May 03, 2008, 12:53:50 AM »
Sunday's XM 80's show is from May 26, 1984 at 9AM PT. As I noted before, you could listen for free via AOL.com so if you want to catch the replay of the 70's show it's on Wednesday nights at 7PM PT. 80's could be heard on Thursdays at 7PM PT

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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #129 on: May 03, 2008, 06:11:18 AM »
This weekend's (May 3-4) "AT40 -The 70's" is from May 4, 1974.  Check out the playlist courtesy of this Michigan station:
www.whnn.com/goout.asp?u=http://images.radcity.net/5874/2625984.pdf

Staple Singers, "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend": I'm almost certain I saw Alabama perform this on Solid Gold in the early '80s.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #130 on: May 03, 2008, 06:15:57 AM »
I'd never heard Billy Paul's "Thanks for Saving My Life" before.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #131 on: May 03, 2008, 06:27:25 AM »
Casey's a sucker for Sami Jo's "Tell Me a Lie."  And so am I.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #132 on: May 03, 2008, 11:07:29 AM »
Staple Singers, "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend": I'm almost certain I saw Alabama perform this on Solid Gold in the early '80s.

Actually, The Oak Ridge Boys had a country #1 with it in '85.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #133 on: May 03, 2008, 02:55:01 PM »
Staple Singers, "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend": I'm almost certain I saw Alabama perform this on Solid Gold in the early '80s.

Actually, The Oak Ridge Boys had a country #1 with it in '85.

Ah, right.  Different hirsute mountaineers, same vibe.
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Re: Casey Kasem American Top 40
« Reply #134 on: May 03, 2008, 03:32:00 PM »
Lot of tracks new to me on Casey's '80s tonight - this week in May 1982: Donnie Iris's "My Girl" (not the Tempts song), John Denver's "Shanghai Breezes," and "If I Had My Wish Tonight" by David Lasley (who?).
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